It will feature three costume contests. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade will have the chance to win goodie bags for best costume, and there will also be two other costume contests – one for babies and another for pets.

Participation for the Nov. 7 Veterans Day parade has increased considerably over the last few weeks, according to registration numbers.

Lancaster County Veterans Affairs Officer Linda Blackmon said Wednesday that organizers now have 65 groups or individuals signed up to take part in the parade. Weeks ago, the numbers were only in the 30s, a far cry from expectations.

“We’re doing good,” Blackmon said about the number of participants thus far. “It’s picked up and it’s still climbing.”

As the number of absentee votes tops 300 in County Council’s special District 2 election, some people are wondering, is someone running a write-in campaign?

Though the signs point to it, no one has come forward to acknowledge such a write-in campaign.

Charlene McGriff will be the only candidate on the ballot in the Nov. 3 special election, which is necessary to fill the County Council seat vacated by Fred Thomas this summer. Thomas resigned from council to accept a magistrate’s post.

Dennis Dunham sat in the lounge area in Starr Hall reviewing his schedule, wondering what he’s going to do with the dead time between his classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Dunham, a sophomore at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster, is taking 14 hours this semester. Tuesdays and Thursdays will be inconvenient, as he has a nearly four-hour gap in between classes.